Key Takeaways

  • 75% of U.S. employers use automated applicant tracking systems to screen resumes before a human reviews them (Harvard Business School & Accenture, 2021)
  • The most common ATS failures are missing keywords, incompatible formatting, and incorrect file types
  • ResumeGeni scores your resume across 8 parsing layers — modeled on the same steps enterprise ATS platforms like Workday, Greenhouse, and Taleo use to evaluate candidates

How ATS Resume Scoring Works

Applicant tracking systems parse your resume into structured data — extracting your name, contact info, work history, skills, and education — then score how well that data matches the job requirements. Many ATS rejections happen because the parser couldn't extract critical fields, not because the candidate wasn't qualified.

LayerWhat It ChecksWhy It Matters
Document extractionFile format, encoding, readabilityCorrupted or image-only PDFs fail immediately
Layout analysisTables, columns, headers, footersMulti-column layouts break field extraction
Section detectionExperience, education, skills headingsNon-standard headings cause sections to be missed
Field mappingName, email, phone, dates, titlesMissing contact info is a common cause of immediate rejection
Keyword matchingJob-specific terms, skills, certificationsKeyword overlap affects recruiter search visibility and ATS scoring
Chronology checkDate ordering, gap detectionReverse-chronological order is expected by most ATS
QuantificationMetrics, numbers, measurable outcomesQuantified achievements help human reviewers and some scoring models
Confidence scoringOverall parse quality and completenessLow-confidence parses get deprioritized in results

Frequently Asked Questions

Is ResumeGeni free?
Yes. ResumeGeni is currently in beta — ATS analysis, scoring, and initial improvement suggestions are free with no signup required. Full guidance and saved reports may require a free account.
What file formats are supported?
PDF, DOCX, DOC, TXT, RTF, ODT, and Apple Pages. PDF and DOCX are recommended for best ATS compatibility.
How is the ATS score calculated?
Your resume is processed through an 8-layer parsing pipeline that extracts structured data the same way enterprise ATS platforms do. The score reflects how completely and accurately your resume can be parsed, plus how well your content matches common ATS ranking criteria.
Can ATS read PDF resumes?
Yes, but not all PDFs are equal. Text-based PDFs parse well. Image-only PDFs (scanned documents) and PDFs with complex tables or multi-column layouts often fail ATS parsing. Our analyzer will flag these issues.
How do I improve my ATS score?
Focus on three areas: use a clean single-column format, include keywords from the job description naturally in your experience bullets, and ensure all sections (contact, experience, education, skills) use standard headings.

ATS Guides & Resources

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Collections Agent

Oodle Car Finance · Manchester

Collections Agent

🌏 Manchester – City Tower  

💰 £26,000 - £30,000

💷 Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme  

 📅Start Date May/June

Monday – Friday (37.5 hours per week - hybrid)  

💖 Our perks  

  • 🌏25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years’ service) plus bank holidays, to take time to recharge and do something you love.  
  • 🤒 Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
  • 🤒 Health cash plan - via Simply Health for employee's and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc
  • 👍Pension – Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future
  • 🪙Life Assurance - 4 x annual salary - benefit funded by Oodle 
  • 🥝Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office – you can help yourself to cereals, toast, fizzy drinks and lots of fruit. 
  • 🤟Employee discounts – discounts you can access anywhere, anytime for all major shops. 
  • 👌1 day volunteer day per year – an opportunity to give back to the community each year. 
  • ⭐Mental health care – 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme). 
  • 🤧Paid sick leave – enhanced company sick pay.   
  • 👨‍Enhanced family leave – we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

🚗 Oodle – who are we? 🚗

Our mission is to empower our customers by delivering simple experiences, straightforward lending products, and compassionate support, from application to final payment – and beyond.

Upgrading. Growing a family. Fresh starts. Big moves. Bumps in the road. - we finance cars, but more importantly, we finance people. Since 2016, we’ve supported tens of thousands of customers on their car buying journey

As an employer, your career is important to us. We’re committed to creating an environment where you can thrive as yourself. We celebrate diversity and inclusion, actively working to make sure every team member feels supported on their journey with us. Our Talent Development team is here to support your growth, providing opportunities for learning, development, and career progression.

🙌 The Role  

Collections Agent at Oodle Car Finance.  

The Payment Support Team (Collections Team) at Oodle Car Finance are on a mission to deliver a great customer experience. In this role you will support our customers who have outstanding payments to support them to take steps to manage any missed payments. You will have exceptional communication and empathy skills and be able to build relationships with our customers to support them with the right outcome.  

If you are passionate, driven and committed to providing a first-class customer experience, we’d love to hear from you.   

At Oodle, our customers and people are at the heart of what we do. This is a great opportunity to work for a company who will support your career and be part of a positive and dynamic team.  

What you’ll be getting up to:  

  • Dealing with telephone queries from customers who are experiencing financial difficulties  (Inbound and Outbound)
  • Having great conversations with customers to find suitable payment solutions for any missed payments 
  • Setting up payment plans and working with other specialist teams to support the customer   
  • Displaying compassion and understanding towards customers in vulnerable circumstances 
  • Recording conversations and administrative actions within the relevant systems  
  • Reviewing processes which could be automated or enhanced to improve the customer and business experience  
  • Identify and raise any risks with your line manager  

The role will be a great fit if:  

  • Excellent communication and listening skills, both verbal and written to effectively interact with our customers 
  • Strong knowledge of understanding ways to support our customers  
  • A desire to support our customers to improve their financial health  
  • Ability to proactively manage and prioritise work in line with KPIs. 

We are a friendly team who are looking for someone who will roll their sleeves up and do what it takes to make Oodle a key player in the used-car industry. 

👩‍💻 Hiring Process 

  • ☎️ Initial screening (15 mins) 
  • 🔦 Capability and values interview (45 mins)  

💚 Our Values  

Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance, so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodler’s mind when making business decisions.   

  • Embrace being human – empathy and diversity make us stronger.   
  • Strive for awesome – it’s awesome when we do better every day.   
  • Everyone’s a builder – we’re in this together and we win as a team.   
  • Bravely honest – we’re honest with ourselves and everyone else.   
  • Think customer – they’re at the heart of everything we do.  

To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.  

Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace and we recognise diversity of experience, thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our ‘Oodlers’ who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures. 

We’d love if you could submit your application online, but if you need an alternative method or need reasonable adjustments to take part in the interview process, please email [email protected].

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